Straw-stacker



(No Model.)

B. HUBER 8v J. W. MILLER.

STRAW STAGKER.

No. 570,803. Patented Nov. 3, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDYVARD HUBER AND JACOB W. MILLER, OF MARION, OHIO.

STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,803, dated November 3, 1896.

Application filed May 8, 1895. Serial No. 548,558. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD HUBER and JACOB V. MILLER, of Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw-Stackers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,sucl1 as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in pneumatic straw-stackers, and more particularly to such as are made of telescoping sections, one object of the invention being to provide simple and efficient means for operating the movable section of a telescoping straw-stacker.

A further object is to so construct and apply operating devices to a telescoping strawstacker that they will not hinder the passage of the machine under a shed or through a barn-door.

A further object is to produce simple means for adjustably attaching an endless cable to the movable section of a telescoping strawstacker.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating our improvements. Fig. 2 is an end view, partly in section. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views.

In the drawings we have shown the stacker composed of an inner stationary trunk or cylinder A and an outer movable trunk or cylinder B. To the inner end of the inner stationary trunk A a strap or band a is secured and made with a flange a, and to said flange two bars I) of a length about equal to that of the stationary trunk are secured, the outer ends of said bars being secured to a band or strap 0, the bands 0 c and connecting-bars I) thus constituting a frame in which the movable trunk B is normally disposed, and this frame is connected with the framework of the machine to which the stacker is attached by means of a truss-rod d. The inner end of the movable trunk is provided with a band or strap 6, from which bracket 6 projects, and within said bracket roller 6 is mounted and adapted to run on the upper bar I). The lower bar 17 projects beyond the band or strap a and has a roller f mounted therein, on which the outer or movable trunk B is adapted to run.

The outer or free end of the movable trunk B is provided with an adjustable spout O, with which a bar g is connected. A cord h is attached at its respective ends to the respective ends of the bar g and passed over a pulley h, mounted on a suitable pintle projecting from the band or strap a. By means of this cord the spout O may be adjusted.

Arms 2' 2' depend from the band or strap a, and in said arms a transverse shaft 7' is mounted and provided with a drum or windlassj, about which an endless cable It is wound said cable also passing over a pulley I, mounted in a suitable bracket depending from r the band or strap 0, and one of the strands of the cable is connected with the inner end of the movable trunk B. cable to the movable trunk that it can be adjusted to compensate for any slack which there may bein the cable, we have provided a novel device which we will now describe.

An arm m depends from the rear end of the movable trunk B, and to said arm a disk 'nis secured, said disk being made on its outer face with a series of teeth at. A bolt 0 passes through the arm m and disk 41, and on said bolt a drum or windlass p is mounted and provided with teeth n to mesh with the teeth n. The teeth 02 n are maintained normally in mesh with each other by means of a nut g on the bolt 0. with a hole 7', through which the cable is passed before its ends are secured to the drum or windlass j. From this construction and arrangement of parts it will be seen that should the cable become slack the teeth of the drum p can be disengaged from the teeth '12 by the removal of the nut q and the drum turned to wind more or less of the cable thereon, after which the drum will be again tightened by replacing the nut q.

The windlass j is provided with a wheel 3, having an arm 8', by means of which to operate it.

Our improvements are very simple in con- The drum or windlass p is made In order to so attach the struction, cheap to manufacture, and are effectual in all respects in the performance of their functions. v

Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of our invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope, and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details of construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a straw-stacker, the combination of two telescoping tubes or trunks, one stationary and the other movable, a frame extending parallel with these tubes or trunks and comprising two bars, the lower one having a roller at the outer end for the support of the movable tube or trunk, and a roller connected with the inner upper end of the movable section and bearing beneath one of the bars, substantially as set forth.

2. In a straw-stacker, the combination with telescoping sections, a windlass and a cable passing over said windlass, of an adjustable drum supported by a movable section of the stacker and having a perforation for the passage of said cable, substantially as set forth.

In a pneumatic straw-stacker, the combination with telescoping sections, one stationary and the other movable and a frame secured to the stationary section, of a windlass supported by the stationary section at one end thereof, a pulley at the outer end of said frame, a cable passing over said windlass and section, a toothed disk secured to said arm, a

bolt passing through said disk and arm, a

drum having teeth to mesh with the teeth of the disk, mounted on said bolt, anut on said bolt, said drum having a perforation for the passage of said cable, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a straw-stacker, the combination with a frame, and two telescoping tubes one stationary and the other movable, the lower outer end of the frame having a bearing for the support of the movable tube, of a roller connected with the inner end of the movable tube and bearing beneath one of the bars of the frame, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with two telescoping tubes, one stationary and the other movable, and a frame comprising two bars parallel with each other and extending outward from the stationary tube, of a ring connecting the outer ends of these bars together and encir:

cling the movable tube, a bracket connected with the inner end of the movable tube, and a roller held by the bracket and arranged to bear beneath one of the bars of the frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

EDWARD HUBER. JACOB W. MILLER. Witnesses JOHN A. SOHROEDER, JOHN J. CRAWLEY. 

